new toy: colt new service revolver in 45. colt

alright here it is! some of the parts were missing the main spring is absent and a few of the smaller screws im going to have to find...its in ok shape, someone silver soldered sights onto the front of it, and when they stripped the finish to solder to it, they dripped the paint stripper down the side of the barrel. looks like ill be part hunting for some stuff,
im going to clean it, and see how she shoots, adding the sights to the front ruined the collector value of it, the cylinder also looks like a different finish than the rest of the gun...
enough talking, heres some photos: anyone know what the hell those bunch of little holes are on the sideplate? it came with 2 onthat is all scratched where the handle would go, and one that has a bunch of weird holes
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interesting project. It seems to be a canadian marked gun, but maybe with a replacement barrel? do the serial numbers match? cylinder to frame gap looks to be .455. what does the face of the cylinder look like? proof marks?
 
yeah your right, there is a set of crossed swords on the cylinder, but no markings, ill try to get more photos up tomorrow, but i think you guys may be right and the barrel is a 45 colt and the cylinder a .455, the cylinder doesnt really fit properly it in the gun,...
 
anyone have any ideas what might have happened to the front plate with all the holes? it almost looks like it was shot with buckshot or something, but the wholes don't go all the way through...
 
the inside of the gun under the front plate has all sorts of hard yellow crusty crap hardened onto the frame, it looks to me like ancient dried up grease, any good suggestions to get it off?

I was going to soak it in crud/grease remover, but that might not even do it, maybe acetone, but that's pretty hard on the finish of the gun..

Also, since it is .45 long colt, is it good to shoot the .45 ACP rounds, just a pain to get the shells out after without the moon clips?

NM, just found this: (Mine has the chambers cut and allows a .45ACP cartridge to headspace in the chamber)
"Later production guns had chambers cut to allow the cartridges to head space in the chamber and these could be fired by loading individual cartridges without the clips, but the gun couldn't eject them. To eject a stick or rod was needed to push each case out."
 
Almost looks like a 'Air Chisel' with a point; not a chisel point either, stuttered it's way across it.

First thing that entered me tete was center punch marks.
Trying to find some letters or something to make sense of those punch marks.
Maybe a previous owner use that flat space for marking some other project out..........leather?

There is a horse in the top right corner?
 
alright here it is! some of the parts were missing the main spring is absent and a few of the smaller screws im going to have to find...its in ok shape, someone silver soldered sights onto the front of it, and when they stripped the finish to solder to it, they dripped the paint stripper down the side of the barrel. looks like ill be part hunting for some stuff,
im going to clean it, and see how she shoots, adding the sights to the front ruined the collector value of it, the cylinder also looks like a different finish than the rest of the gun...
enough talking, heres some photos: anyone know what the hell those bunch of little holes are on the sideplate? it came with 2 onthat is all scratched where the handle would go, and one that has a bunch of weird holes


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You have a fine project on your hands there! Given as it's already been altered a bit and depending what you paid for it, it might be worth getting it refinished, esp. if the bore is OK and it ends up shooting decently. (You should get a set of proper gunsmithing screwdrivers, though! :p)

:) Stuart
 
Where would one put his sniffer to find such a beast?
I think the .45 LC would be the kitties jammies.
Then a Mares Leg or an old Marlin Trapper to match it up.

That property you've been thinking of building on on Lac le Jeune must be pretty dangerous. :p
 
looks like someone roughed it up with a center punch. Is that the outside of the plate? I can't imagine anyone doing that on purpose to the inside....(i hope)
 
Also have the mainspring and a few goodies on order, looking forward to being able to shoot it pretty soon.
I cant find a bolt screw for the life of me, im going to have to hunt for on that is the same size... it also eventually needs a new crane.
 
Two-oar-ists...............theifting bunch oh beestattgizzs.

O dear.... I'll try reading that again when I've got some coffee in me, then run it through Google translate or whatever the latest language unmangler is. But I do vaguely remember reading about some bounder named "Two-Oar Tom" a few years ago. You'd best be armed if he's still about.

We now return you to your regular programming.

(ps- I concur entirely with your sig line comment about getting lucky. I can't remember the last time I had a memory lapse.)

Getting back to the subject of this thread, I wonder if the mysterious marks are Braille for "This is the left hand side"?
 
I too would vote centre-punch, have no clue why someone would so abuse a fine old firearm that deserves more respect. Like the Aliens, the Bubba's are out there.
 
It's etched with scribe marks and maybe the owner wanted to center punch some I.D.
#'s, marks oar letters in there and wuzz fruck'n druck at the time.
Oar maybe, jest maybe their wuzz some marks already there and the added bunch
tewk the meaning away?
Yew-no, tattew ah tattew.
 
I don't own any revolvers but I've become fascinated with old fixed models of late. It's a shame that this one has been modified with target sights since I doubt the damage can be undone without major expense.

I've been keeping my eye out for a rough one like you have just so that I can afford it with the goal that it would end up something like this.

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Pic is from Bowen Classic Arms, they sure do some nice work.

These look nice and easy to shorten since there is so much meat on the barrel to dovetail the front sight. Not sure if there is enough meat on the tapered ones.
Of course if I were to attempt such a modification my results would not be as elegant but it would still be a nice gun. I'd bob the hammer too.
It would be a perfect gun for the backcountry if our laws allowed for such a thing.
 
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